The ADGO would like to take a moment to recognize our 650th Lifetime Member, Blake Watts, with his 2016 Membership into the Gwinnett Disc Golf Organization (GCGO)! Thank you to each and every one of you that continue to Grow the Sport by supporting our Affiliate Clubs by joining or renewing your ADGO Memberships!

The ADGO would like to take a moment to recognize the 600th Lifetime Member, Tony Gerou, with his 2016 Membership for the DDGC hosted Fall Brawl at the brand spankin new Boundary Waters DGC in Douglasville on Oct 31st! Tony lives in Blue Ridge but will be supporting the newly organized Cherokee Disc Golf Organization (CDGO) with his membership!

Disc Golf in Atlanta is nothing without the support of our Affiliate Clubs and our Members!

Thank you to each and every one of you that continue to Grow the Sport and support the ADGO and its Affiliate Clubs this year and beyond!

The Fall Brawl will be hosted by the Douglas Disc Golf Club in partnership with the ADGO at the brand spankin new Boundary Waters DGC in Douglasville!

If you are a current 2015 Member all you have to do is sign up and show up! If you are not a current 2015 Member but want to join for 2016 to play this event, you can do so before the event or sign up for the DDGC the day of the event. All DAY OF sign ups will credit the DDGC with membership. Sign up with the ADGO before and choose your club, or sign up day of and join the DDGC!

At 8:00pm on Thursday October 1st the ADGO will begin its 2016 Membership Campaign! We have been fortunate to partner with 10 of the 12 formally organized disc golf clubs across Atlanta to give players throughout 19 metro counties an option to help grow our sport in our communities!

Please take this opportunity to help your local club and courses by joining the ADGO as an Affiliate Member. If you are renewing from 2015 your Membership will roll over on January 1st and if you are a first time Member, you will get a 15 month Membership similar to what the PDGA offers its first timers.

Thank you in advance for your support and patronage to everything Disc Golf in Atlanta!

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Hobbs Farm first Saturday

Hobbs Farm first Saturday

Starts: 2:30 pm

Ends: December 3, 2016 - 5:00 pm

Location: Hobbs Farm

Description:

930 sign in
10 am tee off
Alternates monthly from doubles to singles
Free to play
Optional entries
$10 payout
$5 for 5 ctps
$5 for 5 second shot ctps
$5 bounty
We meet eat in the back parking lot (Greenbelt lot) by the bathrooms and tees 9 and 16

The purpose of the Southside Slackers league is to encourage new golfers to participate in competition play and to promote the sport of disc golf on Atlanta’s southern crescent. The rules and guidelines of the league are as follows:

Start time is 4:00pm.(Changes to 4PM after DLS) Arrive 15 minutes early to resister.

Important: Since this is a handicap league you must play your three rounds to establish a handicap.
Payouts:
$6 all in, (See note below for details of weekly and final round payouts.)
$1 Ace pool optional. (See note below)
$4 for the CTP optional. (Four CTP’s. Hole 2 and three others to TBD at start of round.)

This is a 12 week league. Each week $1 of the $5 “all in” money will be put aside for the final 13th round. IMPORTANT: To qualify for the final 13th round a player must have completed 9 of the 12 rounds.

Standard course rules apply. The two meter rule is not in effect. In case of a tie if both parties can not agree to split the winnings or a throw off will start on hole seven
and continue on 18 if needed.

Averages and Handicap – How to Calculate a Golf Handicap
An established player's (those who have played at least one game in one of the two previous seasons) handicap will be calculated as an average of the lowest five scores from your last 10 games. There is a limit of 18 on the handicap. There is a max 4 over par on any given hole. Contact league director for explanation of handicaps four your first nine rounds. New payers must play three rounds scratch to establish a handicap. They will have a handicap on their fourth round

The weekly payout will be paid out (approximately) to the top third of the field in an amount to TBD. Details will be available before the beginning of each round after the close of sign in.

The purpose of the Southside Slackers league is to encourage new golfers to participate in competition play and to promote the sport of disc golf on Atlanta’s southern crescent. The rules and guidelines of the league are as follows:

Start time is 4:00pm.(Changes to 4PM after DLS) Arrive 15 minutes early to resister.

Important: Since this is a handicap league you must play your three rounds to establish a handicap.
Payouts:
$6 all in, (See note below for details of weekly and final round payouts.)
$1 Ace pool optional. (See note below)
$4 for the CTP optional. (Four CTP’s. Hole 2 and three others to TBD at start of round.)

This is a 12 week league. Each week $1 of the $5 “all in” money will be put aside for the final 13th round. IMPORTANT: To qualify for the final 13th round a player must have completed 9 of the 12 rounds.

Standard course rules apply. The two meter rule is not in effect. In case of a tie if both parties can not agree to split the winnings or a throw off will start on hole seven
and continue on 18 if needed.

Averages and Handicap – How to Calculate a Golf Handicap
An established player's (those who have played at least one game in one of the two previous seasons) handicap will be calculated as an average of the lowest five scores from your last 10 games. There is a limit of 18 on the handicap. There is a max 4 over par on any given hole. Contact league director for explanation of handicaps four your first nine rounds. New payers must play three rounds scratch to establish a handicap. They will have a handicap on their fourth round

The weekly payout will be paid out (approximately) to the top third of the field in an amount to TBD. Details will be available before the beginning of each round after the close of sign in.

The purpose of the Southside Slackers league is to encourage new golfers to participate in competition play and to promote the sport of disc golf on Atlanta’s southern crescent. The rules and guidelines of the league are as follows:

Start time is 4:00pm.(Changes to 4PM after DLS) Arrive 15 minutes early to resister.

Important: Since this is a handicap league you must play your three rounds to establish a handicap.
Payouts:
$6 all in, (See note below for details of weekly and final round payouts.)
$1 Ace pool optional. (See note below)
$4 for the CTP optional. (Four CTP’s. Hole 2 and three others to TBD at start of round.)

This is a 12 week league. Each week $1 of the $5 “all in” money will be put aside for the final 13th round. IMPORTANT: To qualify for the final 13th round a player must have completed 9 of the 12 rounds.

Standard course rules apply. The two meter rule is not in effect. In case of a tie if both parties can not agree to split the winnings or a throw off will start on hole seven
and continue on 18 if needed.

Averages and Handicap – How to Calculate a Golf Handicap
An established player's (those who have played at least one game in one of the two previous seasons) handicap will be calculated as an average of the lowest five scores from your last 10 games. There is a limit of 18 on the handicap. There is a max 4 over par on any given hole. Contact league director for explanation of handicaps four your first nine rounds. New payers must play three rounds scratch to establish a handicap. They will have a handicap on their fourth round

The weekly payout will be paid out (approximately) to the top third of the field in an amount to TBD. Details will be available before the beginning of each round after the close of sign in.

The purpose of the Southside Slackers league is to encourage new golfers to participate in competition play and to promote the sport of disc golf on Atlanta’s southern crescent. The rules and guidelines of the league are as follows:

Start time is 4:00pm.(Changes to 4PM after DLS) Arrive 15 minutes early to resister.

Important: Since this is a handicap league you must play your three rounds to establish a handicap.
Payouts:
$6 all in, (See note below for details of weekly and final round payouts.)
$1 Ace pool optional. (See note below)
$4 for the CTP optional. (Four CTP’s. Hole 2 and three others to TBD at start of round.)

This is a 12 week league. Each week $1 of the $5 “all in” money will be put aside for the final 13th round. IMPORTANT: To qualify for the final 13th round a player must have completed 9 of the 12 rounds.

Standard course rules apply. The two meter rule is not in effect. In case of a tie if both parties can not agree to split the winnings or a throw off will start on hole seven
and continue on 18 if needed.

Averages and Handicap – How to Calculate a Golf Handicap
An established player's (those who have played at least one game in one of the two previous seasons) handicap will be calculated as an average of the lowest five scores from your last 10 games. There is a limit of 18 on the handicap. There is a max 4 over par on any given hole. Contact league director for explanation of handicaps four your first nine rounds. New payers must play three rounds scratch to establish a handicap. They will have a handicap on their fourth round

The weekly payout will be paid out (approximately) to the top third of the field in an amount to TBD. Details will be available before the beginning of each round after the close of sign in.

With the explosive growth that disc golf has seen in the last decade, it only makes sense that an equally impressive boom in the disc golf industry would come to fruition as well. Not surprisingly, it has. It feels as if every few weeks there is yet another new disc/equipment manufacturer, website,…

The PDGA Board of Directors regretfully announces that it has accepted the resignation of Brian Graham #5861 as Executive Director of the Professional Disc Golf Association, effective December 31, 2016.